Solange Pereira, eight-time Spanish champion in the mile and two-time 1,500 outdoors, has announced her retirement at the age of 33 of athletics “with great gratitude, with healed wounds, no hard feelings and proud of the long road to get here”.
Pereira, born in 1989 in the Portuguese town of Valeça do Minho, began to compete in Spain, after obtaining the nationalityshortly before turning twenty, in 2009.
His record stands out with two championships in Spain 1,500 meters outdoors (2015 and 2017), three in indoor track (2015, 2016 and 2017), another in 3000 (2022) and eight milesseven from 2012 to 2018 and the last one in 2022. In addition, he won mixed relay gold at the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg 2018 with the team formed with Víctor Ruiz, Saúl Ordóñez and Esther Guerrero, he won two Ibero- American titles (Trujillo 2018 and La Nucía 2022) and finished tenth in the 1,500 World Cup in London 2017.
“Dear friend, I met you by chance, being a “junk” girl and very competitive I liked you very much, now at the age of 33, I am saying goodbye to you. You have been the stave of my life and I really liked making melody but I don’t want to continue putting notes.. It is a constant encounter with much gratitude, that the wounds are healed, without resentment and proud of my long journey here,” Solange Pereira said on social networks.
“Who will tell that girl who ran barefoot in the fields of “Quinta da Torre” cared for by her grandparents Rosa and Manuel that she will turn her little gift into a profession, even if they do not understand it as work. You are a humble sport, so noble and satisfied and I suffered in the most honest way possible, I swear!”, he said.
“I lived incredible experiences, unforgettable moments and met wonderful people. I also struggled and cried many, in short, everything in life has a bitter part but in the “lambona” that I am, I will just be left with the sweet part because the scratches that I can do are part of the business,” he concluded. .
Source: La Verdad
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